Startup Fxckups is a panel discussion where founders will share their unfiltered startup fxckups, founder journey, and lessons learned to help you become a better operator by learning from their mistakes.
This isn't your typical event — it's a party where founders come together to spill the beans on their biggest fxckups and the invaluable lessons they've learned along the way.
Featuring Daryl Lim (Augmentus), Karl Chan (Sourcy), Isaac Siow(ConcreteAI), and Dr. Rishabh Bhardwaj (Walled AI), join us for an honest and unfiltered conversation with entrepreneurs who have navigated the highs and lows of building businesses.
Moderated by Admond from The Runway Ventures and hosted by Smilie and SGInnovate, this event is a rare opportunity to learning from the mistakes of others so you don’t have to make the same ones.
Expect a lively and chilled atmosphere filled with laughter, learning, and maybe even a few "WTF" moments. So, grab some snacks, mingle with fellow founders, and soak up the wisdom that only comes from making mistakes.
Let's turn those fxckups into stepping stones for success!
7 PM: Registration
7:15 PM: Intro + Panel Discussion 🧠
8:15 PM: Q&A
8:30 PM: Networking + Chill (with snacks) 😎
9 PM: Go home
Daryl is currently the co-founder and CEO of Augmentus — a robotics technology company that develops cutting-edge vision and AI-powered robotic solutions for manufacturing.
Augmentus is pioneering no-code and hyper-adaptive robotic automation to empower non-technical users to program industrial robots in minutes instead of months even in complex and high-mix environments with its proprietary technologies around 3D vision, perception, and robot motion planning.
Daryl's life-long goal is to build a sustainable future that is exciting and inspiring for the next generation by positioning myself at the forefront of the fourth industrial revolution.
Karl Chan (Founder & CEO @ Sourcy)Karl is the founder and CEO of Sourcy — the world’s first prompt-to-product platform that uses AI to help brands streamline the entire process, from identifying the right product to manufacturing and shipping.
Today, Karl has turned a “boring” sourcing problem into a tech revolution. From nearly giving up to Forbes recognition and $5M raised, Sourcy now helps 300+ brands launch products faster, cheaper, and smarter — proving that even the dullest industries hide billion-dollar opportunities.
Isaac Siow (Co-Founder & COO @ ConcreteAI)Isaac is the co-founder and COO of ConcreteAI, a Singapore-based construction technology startup spun off from the National University of Singapore.
ConcreteAI enables construction projects and precast plants to shorten curing cycles, optimise mix designs, and reduce overall concreting costs—ultimately boosting productivity on site.
With a background in civil engineering and experience in the local construction sector, Isaac believes that embracing simple, practical, and data-driven solutions is key to advancing productivity, quality, and sustainability across the built environment.
Dr. Rishabh Bhardwaj (Co-founder & CEO @ Walled AI)Rishabh is the founder of Walled AI, a guardrail platform that keeps large-language-model deployments safe, private, and compliant for fast-growing start-ups and regulated SMEs across APAC, Europe, and North America.
Rishabh holds a PhD in AI safety and trustworthiness and previously conducted research at Amazon and Salesforce. At Walled AI, he and his team advance work on alignment evaluation, hallucination detection, and privacy-preserving NLP, shipping guardrails such as WalledGuard, WalledRedact, and the open-source testing kit WalledEval that help engineers stress-test models before production and meet emerging responsible-AI standards.
His mission is to democratise trustworthy AI — making it effortless for every developer and product team to ship cutting-edge models without compromising user privacy or safety.
Smilie is a B2B engagement platform designed to foster key impactful moments through corporate gifting with a personalised approach to building client relationships.
Backed by Antler and notable angel investors, including founders of Circles.Life, Union Gas, and Pickupp, Smilie is the first and leading platform to help companies turn customer engagement into valuable touchpoints for customer retention and growth.
SGInnovate is a government-owned innovation platform in Singapore centred on the development of deep technology. It was established in 2016 to consolidate innovation activities in Singapore. SGInnovate was founded to advance and scale deep technology products from Singapore.
The Runway Ventures is helping founders become better and smarter operators by learning from startup failures through its weekly newsletter. Every Sunday, you'll get 1 failed startup story, 2 mistakes, and 3 lessons learned with actionable tips to build and grow your business — all for free.
Some of the most popular and exclusive failed startup stories we've covered include Flash Coffee, Octopus, TaniHub, Kaodim, Fusionex, and StayZilla.
Since then, we've built a growing community of founders, VCs, and operators across Southeast Asia. That's why we're organising this meetup for you to learn directly from founders — be it their unfiltered startup journey, mistakes made, or lessons learned.
90% of startups failed because founders made mistakes. Don't be one of them. Join us, and we'll see you there!
SGInnovate
32, Carpenter Street, 059911, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
The venue is inside SGInnovate.
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